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Meat gets so nice and tender in the Crock-Pot!  This Slow-Cooked Balsamic Pork Tenderloin makes a nice gravy, as well, and it’s a rather low-hassle recipe. Easy enough for a busy weeknight meal, fancy enough for a large gathering – that’s what I like about a lot of these recipes for your favorite slow cooker.  I have always been a fan of pork tenderloin for any large meal. It’s a lean cut of meat that easily serves a large group.

The recipe is not all that involved, as you will see.  Basically, you put the meat in the slow cooker, dump all of the other ingredients on top of it, cook for the usual six to eight hours, put the meat on a dish to serve, and you have a lot of soft pork with a nice gravy to go over it.  That balsamic vinegar makes for a nice tenderizer and isn’t nearly as over-the-top acidic as some other types of vinegar.

Recipe and photo courtesy of Add a Pinch

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Quick tip: Adjust the amount of red pepper flakes to your liking.

Have a savory, Mexican-style sandwich with slow-cooked pork for your next party or tailgate!  This Pulled Pork Cemita recipe is a nice twist on traditional pulled pork; make them with full-sized buns as a full sandwich, or use smaller buns to make them into bite-sized sliders.

The wonderful tailgate group that I am a part of often has all sorts of elaborate things to serve all of the hungry eaters that pass through, but as a warm-up, they’ll often have some small sandwiches or “sliders” to go with the basic snack food.  This pulled pork cemita recipe is great for that–and hey, after having fried salami, turkey and mayo, or something very basic like that for a while, you have a hankering for something a little different.  This will give your next barbecue, tailgate, or football party a little Mexican flair, and thanks to the convenience of the Crock-Pot (or whatever slow cooker you prefer), it’s not all that difficult to put together.

Recipe and photo courtesy of Recipe.com

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Quick tip: Add an extra kick to this recipe by dumping in a few shots of Frank’s Red Hot Sauce.

You won’t find any bright orange pseudo-cheese or microwave instructions here. Use your favorite slow cooker (I use a Crock-Pot) to whip up a much tastier alternative: Cuban Nachos With White Cheese Sauce. It’s like a pulled pork sandwich in nacho form!

It really is a shame that most people in the United States only think of Mexican and Tex-Mex when they hear the phrase “Latin American food.”  Not that there aren’t plenty of fabulous Mexican and Tex-Mex recipes out there–we at Tastee Recipe have shared plenty with you in our time.  But if that is ALL that you think Latin America has to offer, you’re really missing out!  I was fortunate enough to grow up in an area just close enough to other parts of the Latin world (I spent most of my formative years on the Gulf Coast) to know better, but even I fall into that trap, sometimes, since so many dine-out options where I live now ARE Mexican or Tex-Mex places.  I really was happy to come across this reminder that, hey, the rest of Latin America has some really great flavors, too!

It was also nice to see a nacho recipe that called for pork instead of beef.  Hey, I love those beef nachos, too, but they can be more than a bit greasy, sometimes, not to mention making the nachos feel a bit heavy in your stomach.  “The other white meat” is a nice, lower-fat, lower-grease alternative.  And trust me, with the savory assortment of spices in this recipe, and that delicious homemade white cheese sauce, you don’t need that extra fat to feel very satisfied.

Recipe developed by Iowa Girl Eats

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Quick Tip: You can try this recipe with chicken instead of pork!